Improvement in ooen-huskinq machine



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Corn Husker.

Patented, June 16, 1868.:-

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DA-NIEL'SAGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 79,011, dated June 16, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYCONOERN: V

Be it'known that I, DANIEL SAGER, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement on the Machine forHusking, Gorn, (for which Letters Patent of the United States weregranted to me on the 2d day of July, 1867;) and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description of the same, reference.being had to the. accompanying drawings,making a part'of thisspecification, in which---- V Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of themachine, and

Figure 2 a plan view of the husking-roller. l I g 7 My invention relatesto the construction'of the picker and the Fhusking-rollers, so as togive them a greater cfiiciency and certainty-of action. 7

The following description will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention.

A is the frame; B, the picker, made of metal, having a series ofcutting-edges running in the direction of its length, which are formedon one side by straightradial lines, and on the other by curved linesdrawn, from the extreme point of one radial line to the base of the nextone, where it meets the body of the picker. C ,'tl1e picker-roller, ofwood, placed directly over the picker, and h'eldin' contact with itscutting-edges. EE, the husking-rollers, made of metal, having a seriesof quick" spiral grooves, d d d, cut in theirsurfaees. F, one of thesiderbearings for supporting the bucking-rollers. I l

' The operation ofmy invention is as follows:

. The stalks of corn being passedflbetween the picker B and thepicker-roller O, the full carved surface of the cutting-edges operatesafter the manner 'of a wedge toforce or break ofi' the ears from thestalks, thereby preventing the cars from being drawn between the pickerand its roller, thus avoiding the injury and breakage of the ears, socommon to all pickers having straight-sided cutting-edges. Thebasking-rollers D D being driven at great speed in contrary directions,the grooves d produce a vacuum whereby th e loose fibres of the liusksare drawn between the basking-rollers, giving them an immediate holdonthe husks, whereby they are stripped instantly fromtheears. Thesegrooves, in addition to the effect mentioned, by indenting the surfaces,give a more secure hold upon 'pieces of stalk or other obstructions thatare liable to get :into the machine, thus securing theirc'ertain'cxpulsion.-

These grooves-may be cut in a straight line in the direction pf thelength of the rollers, but Iprfer them put in spirally. Their number mayalso be increased or diminished. I I

Among the advantages I claim for my invention are its certainty ofaction, its durability, and itsi'rcedom from liability to injure theearl of corn.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secnreihy Letters Patent, is-

1. The picker B, when formed asherein described, and for the purposesspecified- 2. The bushing-rollers D D, with their grooves d d d, as andfor thepurposes set forth.

DANIEL ,SAGER.

Witnesses:

J. M BOKEE, ,Wm. H. Low.

